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Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:49:46 GMTU'khand Info Commissioner recommends CBI probe in Kumbh Mela

The Information Commission of Uttarakhand today recommended to the Chief Secretary a CBI probe in alleged financial irregularities worth Rs 180 crore during the Haridwar Kumbh Mela in 2010 when the BJP was in power in the state.

Information Commissioner Anil Sharma has sent the recommendation on the plea of an RTI applicant who had alleged that there was no account of Rs 180 crore of central funds sent for organising the Kumbh Mela.

Through a series of RTI applications trustee of a Dharmshala, Ramesh Chandra Sharma brought to the notice of the Commission that Congress-led UPA Government had given a grant of Rs 565 crore to the BJP government in the state for the conduct of Mela in 2010.

He alleged that 54 works for public remained incomplete during the Mela which caused inconvenience to devotees coming from across the world to Haridwar on auspicious occasion.

Sharma alleged that CAG of Government had carried out a secret inquiry which showed that out of 311 works worth Rs 565 crore sanctioned to 34 departments of the state government 54 works worth Rs 180 crore remained incomplete.

The applicant had alleged that responses to RTI applications show that nodal officers were lackdiasical in not depositing funds in the Mela Officer account. He also alleged that the then state government did not carry out any vigilance inquiry in the matter.

In his order, Information Commissioner Anil Sharma took note of the issues raised by Ramesh Sharma and forwarded the complaint with all the annexure to the Chief Secretary with instructions to decide on a CBI inquiry.

The Information Commissioner known for his maverick orders on public interests has been facing death threats from the lobbies against whom he had issued similar orders in the past.

He was given threats for his directives to carry out CBI inquiry into implementation of NRHM in the state but has not been provided any security cover in Uttarakhand.

LUDHIANA: Local bodies minister Anil Joshi has recommended chargesheeting of officials found guilty of using substandard interlocking tiles on Gill Road and for providing financial benefit to the contractor.

This information has been procured by city resident Kuldeep Singh Khaira under RTI.

The inquiry report has also nailed these officials for providing financial benefit to contractor.

Khaira in 2014 had filed a complaint in this regard to Punjab Vigilance Bureau, which further forwarded the complaint to local bodies department. During the inquiry, the interlocking tiles were found to be of inferior quality.

The report further states that the contractor was paid Rs 35 per piece for 40mm tiles and Rs 50 per piece for 80mm tiles whereas the rate fixed for 40mm tile was just Rs 9 and 80mm tile was Rs 12. The minister has asked MC commissioner to take required action against the contractor in this case.

After testing the sealed sample of tiles provided by the MC to RTI activist, the testing and consultancy cell of Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, found that sample of a 80 mm, was of less comprehensive strength than estimated.

The document obtained under RTI from local bodies department also said MC had also sent samples of tiles for testing. Some more testing reports by the same college revealed that the tiles had compressive strength of 30.40, 34.10 and 50.90 MPa.

Sources said the work to install tiles on this road started about four years ago, and was supposed to completed within six months, but the contractor had completed only 50% work so far.

Read More: Interlocking tiles: 3 officials to be chargesheeted - The Times of India
]]>RTI in Mediakarirahttp://www.rtiindia.org/forum/138519-punjab-interlocking-tiles-3-officials-chargesheeted.htmlRTI Activism: Mumbai: 240 BMC resolutions await implementationhttp://www.rtiindia.org/forum/138483-mumbai-240-bmc-resolutions-await-implementation-new-post.html
Tue, 31 Mar 2015 01:45:34 GMTMore than 240 resolutions passed by the civic general body meeting and ward committees are still pending with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for the last 11 years. They have not been implemented due to lack of approval from the municipal commissioner.
A right to information (RTI)...More than 240 resolutions passed by the civic general body meeting and ward committees are still pending with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for the last 11 years. They have not been implemented due to lack of approval from the municipal commissioner.
A right to information (RTI) query by activist Anil Galgali has revealed that as many as 243 resolutions passed in the BMC are waiting to be implemented, as the civic chief has not responded to them so far.

Read at: 240 BMC resolutions await implementation | The Asian Age
]]>RTI in Mediaakhilesh yadavhttp://www.rtiindia.org/forum/138483-mumbai-240-bmc-resolutions-await-implementation.htmlRTI Happenings: South Mumbai needs more traffic signals: RTI replyhttp://www.rtiindia.org/forum/138482-south-mumbai-needs-more-traffic-signals-rti-new-post.html
Tue, 31 Mar 2015 01:44:23 GMTA recent reply to a Right to Information (RTI) query revealed that south Mumbai needs 60 more traffic signals in various areas.
Read at: South Mumbai needs more traffic signals: RTI reply (http://www.iamin.in/en/mumbai-south/news/south-mumbai-needs-more-traffic-signals-rti-reply-56295)A recent reply to a Right to Information (RTI) query revealed that south Mumbai needs 60 more traffic signals in various areas.

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]]>RTI in Mediaakhilesh yadavhttp://www.rtiindia.org/forum/138480-uttarakhand.htmlhttp://www.rtiindia.org/forum/138479-new-delhi-manish-sisodia-figures-dopt-list-new-post.html
Mon, 30 Mar 2015 22:26:51 GMTThe list, circulated by the department of personnel & training to the heads of all such institutes, includes Sisodia as a guest speaker on the subject of "RTI" and identifies him merely as "Chief functionary" of Kabir, an NGO founded by him.

Read at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/46750164.cms
]]>RTI in Mediaakhilesh yadavhttp://www.rtiindia.org/forum/138479-new-delhi-manish-sisodia-figures-dopt-list.htmlRTI Happenings: Assam: Rhino numbers rise, but rampant poaching continueshttp://www.rtiindia.org/forum/138478-assam-rhino-numbers-rise-but-rampant-poaching-new-post.html
Mon, 30 Mar 2015 22:25:20 GMTThe forest department’s biannual census in Kaziranga National Park shows a healthy upswing in the rhino population — from 2,330 two years ago to 2,401 in 2015 — although a hundred of these majestic endangered animals fell to poachers’ bullets for their prized horn that fetches millions of dollars...The forest department’s biannual census in Kaziranga National Park shows a healthy upswing in the rhino population — from 2,330 two years ago to 2,401 in 2015 — although a hundred of these majestic endangered animals fell to poachers’ bullets for their prized horn that fetches millions of dollars in the clandestine international animal parts market.

At the same time, a reply to a right to information (RTI) application reveals that the state hasn’t been able to convict a single of the 243 people arrested for poaching since 2009.

Read at: Assam: Rhino numbers rise, but rampant poaching continues
]]>RTI in Mediaakhilesh yadavhttp://www.rtiindia.org/forum/138478-assam-rhino-numbers-rise-but-rampant-poaching.htmlRTI Happenings: New Delhi: RTI reply cites Nehru statement — made 13 years after deathhttp://www.rtiindia.org/forum/138477-new-delhi-rti-reply-cites-nehru-statement-new-post.html
Mon, 30 Mar 2015 22:23:38 GMTThe Ministry of Culture has said in an RTI reply that it does not have a policy to deal with “procurement of historic memorabilia and belongings of national figures smuggled out of India”, owing to an advice against such a policy by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in the Rajya Sabha in 1977. Nehru passed...The Ministry of Culture has said in an RTI reply that it does not have a policy to deal with “procurement of historic memorabilia and belongings of national figures smuggled out of India”, owing to an advice against such a policy by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in the Rajya Sabha in 1977. Nehru passed away in May 1964.

Read at: RTI reply cites Nehru statement â€” made 13 years after death | The Indian Express
]]>RTI in Mediaakhilesh yadavhttp://www.rtiindia.org/forum/138477-new-delhi-rti-reply-cites-nehru-statement.htmlhttp://www.rtiindia.org/forum/138470-new-delhi-pmo-doesnt-have-file-notings-new-post.html
Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:48:10 GMTIt refers to a much-delayed RTI response received from Prime Minister's Office (PMO) wherein PMO, even after intervention of first Appellate Authority, has declined having any file-notings/correspondence on disabling PMO's public email ID pmosb@pmo.nic.in. Possibly people might have been sending extra-long e-mails on this email ID, this being the reason for disabling of email ID pmosb@pmo.nic.in

Read more at: PMO doesn't have file-notings on disabling PMO's public email ID
]]>RTI in Mediaakhilesh yadavhttp://www.rtiindia.org/forum/138470-new-delhi-pmo-doesnt-have-file-notings.htmlRTI Happenings: Haryana; 30-32 private buses not plying on their routes: RTI queryhttp://www.rtiindia.org/forum/138445-haryana-30-32-private-buses-not-plying-new-post.html
Mon, 30 Mar 2015 01:35:16 GMTAs many as 32 private buses operated by co-operative samitis are not plying on their routes in villages of this district, an RTI query has stated.
Read at: TRIBUNE MARCH 30-32 private buses not plying on their routes: RTI query...As many as 32 private buses operated by co-operative samitis are not plying on their routes in villages of this district, an RTI query has stated.

Read at: TRIBUNE MARCH 30-32 private buses not plying on their routes: RTI query
]]>RTI in Mediaakhilesh yadavhttp://www.rtiindia.org/forum/138445-haryana-30-32-private-buses-not-plying.htmlhttp://www.rtiindia.org/forum/138444-bihar-rti-case-unearths-fugitive-tag-mayor-new-post.html
Mon, 30 Mar 2015 01:33:44 GMTEvidence collected by an RTI activist-cum-lawyer Dinesh Kumar Singh suggests that city mayor Dipak Kumar Bhubania, belonging to the ruling JDU, had been convicted by a local court 22 years ago.
A permanent (red) warrant in his name is waiting execution. However, Bhubania contested the civic...Evidence collected by an RTI activist-cum-lawyer Dinesh Kumar Singh suggests that city mayor Dipak Kumar Bhubania, belonging to the ruling JDU, had been convicted by a local court 22 years ago.

A permanent (red) warrant in his name is waiting execution. However, Bhubania contested the civic polls in 2012 and became mayor after being elected as a ward councillor. In his declaration papers, Bhubania allegedly hid that he was declared a fugitive in the court of law.

Read at: RTI case unearths 'fugitive' tag on mayor
]]>RTI in Mediaakhilesh yadavhttp://www.rtiindia.org/forum/138444-bihar-rti-case-unearths-fugitive-tag-mayor.htmlRTI Happenings: DoPT seeks suggestion on format of PIO replyhttp://www.rtiindia.org/forum/138442-dopt-seeks-suggestion-format-pio-reply-new-post.html
Mon, 30 Mar 2015 01:25:42 GMTThe Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has issued a circular seeking views and suggestions of citizens on the format a public information officer (PIO) should follow while replying to an RTI application.

Read at: DoPT seeks suggestion on format of PIO reply | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis
]]>RTI in Mediaakhilesh yadavhttp://www.rtiindia.org/forum/138442-dopt-seeks-suggestion-format-pio-reply.htmlRTI Happenings: Haryana: Rs 11 crore excise loss after 23 liquor vends shifted from NH-8http://www.rtiindia.org/forum/138441-haryana-rs-11-crore-excise-loss-after-new-post.html
Mon, 30 Mar 2015 01:21:12 GMTAccording to the RTI reply, the six vends along NH-8, which were closed down after the HC order, would have deposited Rs 14.68 crore in fee for this financial year. The 17 shops that were shifted from the highway would deposit Rs 29.25 crore in licence fee, an increase of Rs 3 crore from the Rs...According to the RTI reply, the six vends along NH-8, which were closed down after the HC order, would have deposited Rs 14.68 crore in fee for this financial year. The 17 shops that were shifted from the highway would deposit Rs 29.25 crore in licence fee, an increase of Rs 3 crore from the Rs 26.25 crore collected last year. So the total licence fee collection from these 23 vends for 2015-16 would stand at Rs 29 crore, which is a loss of Rs 11 crore from last year.

Raed at: Rs 11 crore excise loss after 23 liquor vends shifted from NH-8 - The Times of India
]]>RTI in Mediaakhilesh yadavhttp://www.rtiindia.org/forum/138441-haryana-rs-11-crore-excise-loss-after.htmlRTI Activism: Odisha: RTI Activist Dares Govt Over IIM Issuehttp://www.rtiindia.org/forum/138440-odisha-rti-activist-dares-govt-over-iim-new-post.html
Mon, 30 Mar 2015 01:19:31 GMTBALANGIR:An RTI activist has challenged the State Government’s stand that the Centre was not willing to set up IIM in Western Odisha due to lack of air connectivity.
The RTI activist of Balangir, Hemanta Panda, who had sought information in this regard, claimed that there is no guideline which...BALANGIR:An RTI activist has challenged the State Government’s stand that the Centre was not willing to set up IIM in Western Odisha due to lack of air connectivity.

The RTI activist of Balangir, Hemanta Panda, who had sought information in this regard, claimed that there is no guideline which would hinder establishment of IIM in this part of the State.